Benjamin mubeell hague



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B. M. HAGUE. EXGAVATOR AND LAND LEVE EE.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

BENJAMIN MURRELL HAGUE, OF WILD FLOWER, CALIFORNIA.

EXCAVATOR AND LA ND-LEVELER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 292,555, dated January 29, 1884.

' Application filed June s, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN MURRELL HAGUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vild Flower, in the county of Fresno and State of California, have invented a new and useful Excavator and Land-Leveler, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to devices for excavating, scraping, and leveling-land, roads, and the like; and it has for its object to produce a device for these purposes which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency.

To this end it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure l is a perspective View of my improved excavator, scraper, and leveler, showing the same in position for operation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a side view, showing the device inverted in position for dumping.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

A in the drawings designates the bowl or body of my improved excavator and leveler,

which consists of the bottom B, back G, and

sides or ends D D, all of which may be made of wood, suitably ironed, and connected durably by bolts and screws. The front edge of the bottom is equipped with a sharp-edged blade, E, secured thereto in any suitable manner. The front edges ,of the sidesD D are provided or formed with tongues F F, extend ing above and beyond the blade E, as clearly shown in the drawings.

To the back 0 a rearwardly-extending handle, H, is suitably connected.

I I are runners, curved or arched above the sides D, being suitably secured to the front edges of the latter and to the back of the machine, and serving to support the machine when the latter is inverted in the act of dumping its load. The wearing parts of said runners are protected by detachable steel shoes J, which may be readily renewed when worn.

The runners I are provided near their rearends with adjustable cross-pieces K. j

v The sides D D are provided at their lower edges withperforations L L, to receive the pivoting-pins M of clevises N, which extend some distance in front of the sides, and to the front ends of which is connected the cross-bar O. towhich the draft is attached.

To the under side of the bottom B are secured thewedge-shaped' runners P, which serve to prevent friction of the bottom of the machine against the ground, thus preventing undue wear upon the bottom and insuring an easy draft. The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken --in connection with the drawings hereto annexed. In the act of loading, the machine may be readily guided by the handle H. The latter also serves as a lever to assist in overturning the machine in the act of dumping the load. When this is done, the horns or tongues F of the sides D will strike the ground, thus preventing the blade E from entering the ground and making it unnecessary to stop the draft even for a moment. When the machine is overturned the bails or clevises N will strike the cross-pieces K, which have been adjusted with a view to regulating the depth to which it is desired to spread theload. Thus, when the cross-pieces K are adjusted near the back of the machine,

the latter will turn over until the blade E over by means of the handle, or by pulling a cord-attached to the latter, and it is then ready for reloading.

I am aware that it is not new in scrapers to combine the bowl having adjustable runners secured to the sides thereof with a bar adjustably secured to therunners to limit the dump of the bowl, and adjustable links pivoted to the sides for the attachment of the ICC) draft-hooks, and I therefore do not claim the v same. g

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The combination of the bowl A, the sides D In testimony that I claim the foregoing as of which extend in front of the blade, so as to my own I have hereto affixed my signature in form horns F, the runners I, attached to and presence of two Witnesses. arched above the sides D, the cross-pieces K, BENJAMIN MURRELL HAGUE. attached adjustably to said runners, and the Witnesses: bails F, pivoted adjustably to the sides D, for BENJAMIN F. FEATHER, the attachment of the draft, as herein set forth. GEORGE H. GORDON. 

